Burial-casket.



C. H. STAMM.

IBURIAL CASKET.

' APPLICATION FILED SEPT-17,19l8.

, Patented Apr. 15,1919.

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CHARLES HOWARD STAMM, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO PITCH-LINED CEMENT CASKET CO., OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

IIBURIAL-OASKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 15, 19119.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES H. STAMM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Burial-Casket, of which the following is a specification.

's invention relates to a combined burial casket and vault, one of the objects of the invention being to provide a light, inexpensive, but strong structure which can be used as a casket but which, by reason of its construction, need not be placed in a vault but can be buried without any casin or the like and will remain thoroughly sea ed.

With the foregoing and other objects in '25 fro view which will appear as the description proceeds, the. invention consists of certain novel details of construction and comb1nations of parts which will be hereinafter more y described and pointed out in the claims, it being understood that .various changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts without departing m the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as set forth in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings the preferredform of the invention has been shown. 30

In said drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of a casket constructed in accordance with the present mvention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section therethrough.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged elevation of a portion of the lining, the location of the plastic material being indicated by dotted lines.

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the 11d. 7

Fig. 5 is a section through a portion of the lid and body, said lid being lifted.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 designates the lining of the casket, the same being made of tongue and groove strips of wood provided with an outer andmner covering of pitch, as shown at 2. Nails 3 are driven into the lining and are arranged with their heads supported beyond the outer surface of said lining The exterior covering of the casket is formed of cement as shown at 4 and is molded onto the outer pitch covering of the lining the heads of, the nails 3 being embedded within this concrete so as toanchor the lining thereto. of the concrete covering are beveled, ass own at 5 and 6 respectively to form a channel 7 extending throughout the length of the walls of the casket and this channel is designed to receive the edge portion of the cover of the casket, shown at 8.

The casket cover is formed of an arched metal plate 9 having reinforcing straps 10 upon its bottom face and wings 11 upon its upper surface. These wings are embedded in a concrete covering 12, thus to tie the parts of the cover together, and the margin of the cover is so'shaped as to fit upon the beveled edge portion 6 of the casing or covering 4. A wooden frame 13 may-be provided along the inner side of the said edge portion or margin of the cover so as to rest upon the bevels 5 of the lining.

Before sealing the casket a layer of pitch,

shown at 14, is placed in the channel where it is engaged by the frame 13 and the concrete margin of the cover, thus to seal the Joint.

The exterior surface of the casket can be finished in any way desired so as to make it sufiiciently attractive. In view of the peculiar construction of the casket it can be buried without any covering and the concrete portions of the walls and cover will give necessary strength and, with the pitch will exclude moisture.

By providing the linings anchored to the concrete as shown, the said concrete is reinforeied while in transit and the casket lightene What is claimed is A combined burial vault and casket inclu g a wooden structure consisting of tongue and grooved members forming the lining of the bottom and walls of the device, a pitch covering upon the outer and inner surfaces of said lining, a plurality of headed anchoring devices extending beyond the outer surfaces of the lining, a concrete covering molded onto the outer pitch covered 1 The upper edges of the linin and surface of the lining and having the heads of the anchoring devices embedded therein, the upper edges of the wall portions of the lining and concrete covering converging 5 downwardly to form a continuous channel,

adapted to be seated at its edges in the channel and including a lining plate, Wings thereon, and a concrete covering upon the plate and anchored thereto by the winis,

10 said covering bearing downwardly upon t e inclined upper edge of the concrete covering of the walls of the device.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixcd my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES HOWARD STAMM.

Witnesses:

CHAS. I. JONES, MABEL HALL 

